Listen: Warner, Tess And Molly discussed on The CBS Evening News

"Tests we heard from hundreds of you including breast cancer survivors who want to know why follow up tests are sometimes not covered by insurance it's another case of medical price roulette and in a Warner investigates Kristen Hoffman fight breast cancer a year ago now she's battling to get her insurance company cigna to pay for her mammograms you just feel like you're getting the run around and sometimes you don't have the bandwidth said to fight the battle the affordable Care Act requires insurance companies to pay for regular screening mammograms for women forty and over but many breast cancer survivors need diagnostic mammograms similar test read more quickly and insurance companies often won't pay for them I was gobsmacked when I got the bill her bill four hundred seventy dollars for a test she needs every six months this year she's out nearly nine hundred dollars it doesn't seem that it's a fair process and not just as a breast cancer survivor but as as just a woman out there trying to get basic access to things we should not have to fight for other women told a similar stories with one breast cancer survivor writing who has this kind of money it determines you from continuing with necessary follow up appointments and Tess that's really heart wrenching and heart breaking in that they're being put in the situation Molly got three with the Susan G. Komen foundation says her group has helped pass legislation in some states to expand coverage they have to make a decision you know are they gonna feed their kids are they gonna pay their electric bill or they can I get this exam that they know that they need most states don't have it that doesn't seem right it's all preventative we're all we're all in this together and everybody should get the equal services signal would not comment directly on Hoffman's case it told us tonight that diagnostic tests are covered but plans are not required under the affordable Care Act to cover one hundred percent of the cost which means the patient will often be footing some or all of that cost and Nora we want to remind viewers to share their medical pricing stories with us at CBS news dot com slash health costs or email health costs at CBS news dot com and"

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